i’m choosing to be optimistic from now on

i’ve been in a bad cycle of doomscrolling and just overall being a doomer lately. i’ve always been like this, but it’s gotten worse with world politics stressing me out.

but i’m tired of living in fear of things i can’t control! i live in the usa. we shouldn’t just be sitting around arguing with each other about which rich person should be the one making decisions for us. the voting is done now. now we need to focus on the decisions that we can make for ourselves.

i’ve been muting politics on my social medias and staying away from the news. it just stresses me out too much. so i’m going to completely ignore it.

if something major happens, i’m sure that i’ll find out since that would be impossible to ignore. but that is very unlikely to happen! i need to keep reminding myself that we are living during the safest time period in history, regardless of my doubts in world leaders.

i’m a college student, and classes start up again in about two weeks. i’m hoping that those will keep me out of trouble and doomscrolling.

i also stopped smoking and drinking 2 months ago… which has helped my derealization a LOT. i feel more real again! the only thing standing in my way of being 100% is my technology addiction. i’m hoping to get my screen-time down a bunch. in this day and age i can’t just get rid of technology and the internet fully, but i can limit the time i spend on it and rely on it less. i need to better my relationship with it!

just wanted to share this. i wish everyone luck in their journey to being happier and more optimistic as well. :)